Broader criminal justice technology landscape including AI, body cameras, court tech, and corrections innovations
Eleven African nations just sent a clear signal: the era of purely punitive incarceration on the continent is ending. At the 2026 African Correctional Services Association (ACSA) Regional Conference in…
New Zealand Police have approved development of a trial for “Custody Biometric Life Sign Monitoring” — wall-mounted radar sensors that track a detained person’s heart rate, breathing, and movement without…
When Cambodia’s Director General of Prisons Chhorn Sanath and his delegation walked into the China-ASEAN Information Harbour (CAIH) headquarters in Nanning, Guangxi province, on June 3, 2026, they were not…
In Chatrie v. United States, currently before the Supreme Court, the petitioner’s attorneys made a striking analogy: geofence warrants have turned the smartphones in Americans’ pockets into “ankle monitors” for…
Two headlines from the same week tell the story of American correctional healthcare in 2026. In Kansas, the Department of Corrections signed an $88.9 million contract with VitalCore Health Strategies…
When the Royal Oman Police published Tender No. ROP/1/387/6/18/2026 earlier this year, it did not attract the kind of attention that a procurement of this scale deserves. The document —…
While the United States and Western Europe debate the merits and limitations of commercial GPS ankle monitors from established vendors, a Central Asian nation with a population smaller than New…
When the University of Worcester hosts its Evidence-Based Policing Conference on June 26, 2026, the keynote won’t come from an academic. It’ll come from Alex Murray OBE, director of threats…
Twenty-three people have died in Nevada Department of Corrections custody so far in 2026. That number — reported by KTNV on May 4 — has prompted local advocacy organization Parole…
China processes more than 1.8 million criminal cases per year. The overwhelming majority are now minor offenses — fraud, embezzlement, drunk driving, obstruction of official duties. Violent crime has declined…
A recent statement from the Family Research Council, alleging federal indictments against the Southern Poverty Law Center, sparks a critical discussion on accountability, the integrity of organizational designations, and the imperative for restitution when information-driven harm occurs within or adjacent to the criminal justice system.
In 2025, Chinese courts rendered only 294 not-guilty verdicts out of more than 1.05 million criminal cases — a conviction rate of 99.97% and an acquittal rate of just 0.021%,…